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COMMISSION OF LUNACY. Yesterday a Commission of lunacy was held at the Swan Inn, Weill= Green, Fulham, before Commissioners Winslow, Blunt, and Murray, to inquire into the state of mind of Dame Sarah Lydia Seymour, widow, formerly of Mitcham Hall, Mitcham, Surrey, and now an inmate of Norman House Lu natic Asylum, at Fulham. Among the Jury sworn were Sir James Williams, Sir John Hensler, Sir Henry Ellis, Captain Fitzgerald, Captain Bogue, and a number of county Ma gistrates. Mr. RessELL attended as counsel in support of the Com mission, and Mr. MUNROE on the part of Lady Seymour. Commissioner WINSLOW briefly addressed the Jury before the evidence was gone into in the usual manner. Mr. RUSSELL addressed the Jury, and observed that the ob ject of the inquiry was Lady Seymour, the widow of Sir Wil liam Seymour, formerly a Judge of Bombay. Some time since she accompanied her husband to India, where he died, leaving her and an only child, who returned to this country in 1830. Lady Seymour is the daughter of Sir Henry and Laly Oaks, of Mitcham, and after consulting a medical gen tleman of considerable eminence, it was found necessary, as well for the protection of her property, the principal part of which was vested in the hands of trustees, as to prevent her from committing personal violence and destroying herself, to adopt the present course. As he had already told them Lady Seymour returned from India in 1830, and soon afterwards she exhibited symptoms of derangenient of mind. On that occasion she was attended by Mr. Greenwood, a skilful me dical practitioner, and she complained to him of the loss of power over her own mind. In 1835 her child was extremely ill, and she consulted Mr. Greenwood on the subject ; and at that particular period she betrayed such an altered mind, that hewas induced to consult Dr. Seymour, a relation of the family, with a view that proper steps might be taken to pre vent her from doing injury to herself, or those who were about her person. Her mother died on the 24th of May, 1837, some days prior to which event Lady Seymour became so de cidedly insane that it was found necessary to remove her to the neighbourheod of Regent's Park, and from thence she was removed soon afterwards to Norman House, at Fulham, where she has remained ever since. Mr. John Davenport Greenwood, surgeon, said—l formerly lived at Mitcham and attended Sir W. and Lady Oaks' family, and Lady Seymour. In 1830, when Lady Seymourretumed from India, 1 observed that her manner was quick and con fused. Sbe frequently complained of pains in the head and expressed fear that she should lose her reason. In 1835 her son was very ill and was at Cheltenham. The medical gentle man attending him there strongly advised that the child should not be removed, but, notwithstanding, Lady Seymour insisted on his being brought to Mitcham, and she afterwards told me she had done so against the wishes of the medical gentleman, and she was afraid the child would die. The child was in a dyitig state, and she refused to nurse it or give the medicines that were ordered, and acted in direct opposi t'.on to the directions of the medical man. Sometimes she would carry the boy into the open air, and at others spread a quantity of toys before it. He also said, that she had read medical works and knew how to treat the child properly. In May, 1837, her mother, Lady Oaks, was very ill, and on one occasion she called me aside as if she had something very secret to impart to me, and said that her nurse and her sister were administrring slow poison to her mother. Lady Seymour added, that she had devoted herself to watching night and day the preparation and administering the medicines to Lady o.oas. On the 16th or 17th of the same month in the evening Dr. Seymourcante down from London to see Lady Oaks, and while I was present in the bed-room Dr. Seymour took up a candle and was about leaving the room, when Lady Seymour rushed towards Dr. Seymour and endeavoured to wrest it from his hand and blew out the candle. She exclaimed that it would be death to her mother to leave her in the dark. There was another lighted candle in the room at the time. The candle which Dr. Seymour took up was again lit, and Lady Seymour then blew out both candles. On the following day I again saw Lady Seymour. She was then decidedly deranged. I alluded to the occurrence of the previous night, when she laughed and said " Did I." She refused to take her food, and was not only deranged, but in a state of violence that was dangerous to herself. She endeavoured to get out of the window, and continued for days to refuse her food, and it was found necessary to force her to take it. I have seen her this morning, and she appears to be tranquil. Cross-examined by Mr. Munroe—Lady Seymour's child recovered notwithstanding she did not comply with the direr tions of the medical gentleman. Lady Seymour was very coherent when I saw her this morning. She conversed about what had token place the previous day. She said she had hurt in r boy in attempting to get up the chimney. By Commissioner Wieseow—During the whole of the time from the beginning of May to the latter end of June she was, in my opinion, decidedly insane. Lady Seymour was told in my presence that this proceeding was to take place, and she nu swei cd very rationally that she was so much better that she hopeo it would be unnecessary. Dr. Edward James Seymour, surgeon, examined—l live in Cherles-street, Berkeley-square, cud am a physician. lam the o ily brusher of the lete judge Sir William Seymour. I attended Lody Oeks in May, 1831, and h er l a dy s hip exierei on the 24th o f the' month. On the 16th or 17th of the month Lady Seymour was in a state of extreme irritability and ext.iteraent. She frequently sent off messengers on hersclnick at four o'clock• in the morning with h vers written in en ineolterent strain, and not honing ou the subject. On the evening of one ef the Java I have mentioned, she rushed upon me as I was quitting Lady Oaks's bed-room, and Lady Seymour _exclaimed vie -" Ssiz! the murderess, seize Dorothea." I said to Sir Henry Oaka. Lady Oaks's son, that it was irnpessible for his mo:her to reenter unless order and quiet was maintained, and L , dy Seymour was then removed to her room and be came p,rfectly calm. From what passed between me and Lady Seymour, I collected that she laboured under the de lusion that Mrs. Lloyd, her sister, intended to take away Lsdy Oaks's life. I saw her again on the day following, and she was then raving mad, and obliged to be placed under restraint. Mr. RUSSELL—Did she read medical books? Dr. Seymour—l believe she read everything. She was a very clever woman. Examination resumed—l attended her at various periods between June and January last. She was very excited and irritable, and in the highest state of maniacal derange ment. In August last she had an intermission, and I was in hopes she would recover, but she had a relapse shortly after, and her state has been, I may say, uniformly insane. Cross. examined—l have seen her once a week since she has been in Norman House. By Commissioner WINSLOW-1 believe her to be totally in capable of managing herself and her property. By the Jury—l attended Lady Seymour as a friend and re lathe, and not in my professional character. Dr. Horton had been acquainted with Lady Seymour from her childhood. She was always very clever, and of a very lowly and excitable disposition, out nothing that would iced to the uncomfortable inference that she was inaccurate in her mind. When I saw Lady Seymour on a late occasion at Norman House she was sitting with a strait-waistcoat on; her head had been shaved, and she had a piece of linen on it, and her apliearance to me vas very distressing. She recognised me, and after makin g inquiries after mutual friends she asked af t e r th e D u k e of Wellington, and told me she was about to be married to his Grace. She asked me fur any pencil, and said she wanted to write a letter to the Duke. 1 gave her my pencil, and after making two or three charac ters on a piece of pa:)er, she said, " There is the It tter," and requested me to take it without offering any paper. On a subsequent occasion she asked me to dine with her, which of course I declined. She appeared to be excited on mention being made of her son. She asked me to get a pair of slip pers made for Colonel Wildman. I asked her what size they should be made, and she said, " Tell the shoemaker to make them exactly the same size as Lady Seymour's, as the Colonel's foot is just the same length." A juror observed that Colonel Wildman had a very small foot, and, therefore, that was no proof of her labouring un der delusion. Mr. Commissioner WINSLOW—Does Lady Seymour labour under any other delusion? Dr. Horton—No, not that I am aware of; the principal delusion appears to be in reference to the Duke of Welling ton ; and, with a view of trying her upon that point, I said to her—the Duke of Wellington had a grand ball the other night ; did you hear of it ? When she replied, " No, if had been in London I dare say I should have known some thing about it." Mr. WINSLOW—HOW do you characterise the malady? Dr. Horton--I am of opinion she is of unsound mind, and is in a st-te of monomaniacal insanity. Mr. Smiih, surgeon, was examined, and stated that Lady Seymour would talk to invisible beings, and fancied that she was connected with the Royal family, the Duke of Wellington, and other distinguished persons of rank. On one occasion she bit her attendant's finger very severely, and attempted to get out of the window. Mr. Smith, after detailing other delusions, concluded by agreeing in opinion with the other medical gentlemen. Sarah Francis examined—l am the attendant of Lady Sey mour; she is frequently in the habit of fighting, and at times very violent. On Sunday morning I told her Captain Oakes was coming to see her, and she struck me a blow under the ear. She looks up to the sun and praises it. On Tuesday Lady Seymour embraced and kissed use, and asked if I could do without food. She says all kind of things about the Duke of Wellington and Prince Esterhazy, and throws oranges to them under the bed. lam of opinion that she is perfectly insane. Mr. N% INSLOW—When did she state anything about the Duke of Wellington last ? Witness—l cannot remember, but it is two or three months ago. The witness added that yesterday Lady Seymour danced and sang, and witness left the room for a short time, and on her return found that her Ladyship had gone. On searching for her witness found her up the chimney. Mr. WrisLow—Does she know that this ingniry is going on ? Witness—Yes, she does. Mr. WinsLow—Does she complain of it ? Witness--She has done so ; she has said that it is a very expensive proceeding, but if it will benefit her son she does not care. By the Jury—When she goes out in the carriage she is not placed under restraint. She expresses very much regret at being separated from her son. Lady Seymour was then introduced to the notice of the Jury by her brother. She is a woman of extremely prepos sessing appearance, and was stated to be in her 38th year. On being seated near the Commissioners, Lady Seymour made the following statement, in answer to the Commissioners' ques • tions : —I think that I should very soon be able to take care of my property. I do not think I am able at present, be cause all my friends tell me so. I first went to Norman House on the 31st of January last. Before that I lived at Melina place, Regent's Park. I went there in July, and previously I had been living at Mitcham. Ido not know any of the Royal Family. Mr. Commissioner Winnow—Are you acquainted with the Duke of Wellington ?—No, I am not personally acquainted with his Grace, but lam acquainted with his bravery. I have been excited a great deal at different times, and I know I have talked a great deal of nonsense. I recollect being at Norman House yesterday, and getting up the chimney. I was frightened at the time. I felt nervous from an occurrence only known to myself, and I have no friend to unbosom myself to. Mr. Commissioner Winnow—We are all your friends here, and as we have to decide upon the state of your m'nd you need not be reserved. Lady Seymour—l thought I beard my son's voice in distress, and I became irritated, and got into the chimney. I recol lect striking the young woman who attends me. I was not accustomed to confinement, and I did not like being watched and treated in the manner I was, and I became wretched. I look upwards towards the sun occasionally, but I do not pray to it or bless it. I saw my boy last on the sth of September. I have, I know, not since asked to see him. I know pretty well what my property consists of, but since my mother's death I have not been able to look after it. Mr. WINSLOW—But you say you were not able to take care of it ? Lady Seymour—l think I shall be soon. Mr. WtrisLow—But now, do you think you are ? Lady Seymour—Yes, I think I am ; but I would rather delay it for a week or two. I have not been able to do any thing since my mother's death. Mr. WINSLOW-I presume, Lady Seymour, you know the nature of money ? Lady Seymour—Oh, yes. Mr. WtNsLow—Now, supposing we were to setyouat large, how much money yearly do you think you would require to maintain yourself and son ? Of course I mean in the proper station in which you move? Lady Seymour—Why, that question I cannot exactly an swer ; but I should regulate my expenditure according to the amount of my income, after I had ascertained precisely its amount. Mr. WiNsLow—Do you think your mother, Lady Oaks, re ceived proper attention from your sister during her illness ? Lady Seymour—Yes, I think she did. Mr. WINSLOW-But were you not under a different impres i sion some time since? Lady Seymour—Yes : I thought my sister annoyed my mother. Mr. WINSLOW—How did she annoy her? Lady Seymour—l cannot recollect in what manner; but that was my opinion at the time. Mr. WirosLow—l believe your sister and the nurse used to give Lady Oaks her food and administer the medicines to her ? Lady Seymour—Yes, they did. Mr. WINSLOW—Have you not been of opinion that both the nurse and your sister have administered the medicines impro perly, and expressed yourself to that effect ? Lady Seymour—l recollect the nurse telling me I had said so in Melina-place. Mr. WINSLOW—Do you recollect what you did when Dr. Seymour was at your mother's? Lady Seymour—Yes, I remember blowing out the candles. Mr. WIN SLOW—Why did you do so ? Lady Seymour—l was very excited at the time, having lost my husband, and my boy having undergone a severe illness, and being likely to lose my mother. (This was the answer, as the reporter understood.) Mr. WiivsLow—Do you recollect saying, " Seize the mur deress ; seize Dorothea ?" Lady Seymour—l do not recollect that. Mr. MURRAY—How do you spend your time? Lad Seymour—ln reading and working with my needle. Mr. WINSLOW—How is your child now? Lady Seymour—l believe he is pretty well. I hear from him sometimes, and the last time I heard he was in pretty good health, but of course, that is not so satisfactory to a mo ther who is away from her child. Mr. WrisLow—lf you have any complaint to make against any person, we should be glad to hear it? Lady Seymour—Thank you. The nurse is vio . ent some times. She does not appear to understand my character and disposition. I think by this time I should have been much better if I had received mild treatment. lam very nervous, and I was much frightened at first by the screams of the other inmates of the house where I am. I was not accustomed to it, but no ,v I hope to get stronger and better in a week or two. Mr. WiNsLow—At e you better treated now ? Lady Seymour—Oh, yes. lam treated with much greater kindne.s now, and I am perfectly willing to remain there for the present. Sir J. J. HA NSLER—Do you feel pretty well in health to-day ? Lady Seymour—Yes; I feel much better since I came out. The air appears to have done me good., Sir J. J. HANsua—flow often have you been out since you went to Norman House in Januhry last ? Lady Seymour—Three times. Sir J. J. 1 - lANnEr, But why did you not go out oftenor if it does Jou so much good ? Lady Seymour-1 Lift know. Mr. WINSLOW—If we were to set you at liberty what would you do, and where would you go ? Lady Seymour—l should like to spend two or three days with rny brother here (turning round to her brother who was seat. .d next to her), as I have not spent nt) , time in his com pany for a long period, and I should then take lodgings some where, and hate my boy with me. Mr Halsisell (a juror)—Do you defray your expenses at Norman House? Lady Seymour--No, they are paid.for Mr. WINSLOW—Da you know. Col. Wildman ? Lady Seyniour—Y,s, I do. Mr. Wrsst.ow—Do you recollect reqttesting Dr. Seymour to order him a pair of shoes? Lady Seymour—Yes; perfectly well. Mr. WrisLow—Why did you do so? Lady Seymour—B ecause I promised to work him a pir of slippers, and I had not done so. Mr. WissLow—How did you know the proper size that would fit him? Lady Seymour—His wife's foot and mine arc exactly the same size, and the same shoemaker works for us both, and, therefore, if Dr. Se) moor gave the order the shoemaker would have known how to execute it. Mr. WINSLOW—I wish particularly to ask you if you do not dow consider it a very singular act fur a l a dy t o get up t h e chimney as you did yesterday? Lady Seymour (lunghin7,)—Yes, perhr.ps so, but I was very frightened, and I heard my son's voice. you do it out of fun ? Lady Seymour—Oh, no. _ The C qnrnissioners and Jury here intimnt"d that they would lilt further trouble her Ladyship, and she accordingly withdrew. Mr. RUSSELL begged to call their attention to the fact that Lady Sep-I-your had not complained of any of her relatives, but on the contrary, had stated that they had treated her with the greatest kindness. She had stated that she should wish to spend a day or two with her brother, and he would inform the jury that he was the individual wha hat sued out the Cotntnis sion, being desirous of protecting her Ladyship, Mr. Munroe, like his Learned Friend, was engaged by the relatives of Lady Seymour to watch this case, and would say, without tviihing to offend, that a great deal of evidence had been brought forward that really did not bear upon the case. With regsrd to her irritability it was nothing more than any lady would be subject ti who had boen visited with such do itystic calamities as Lady Seymour. It was admitted that her Ladyship was a very clever woman, and read medical works, and it was not uncommon for affectionate parents to oppose the wishes of medical men in the treatment of their children. He contended that the violence of manner was not sufficient for the Jury to place this lady under restraint. Nay, he might go further, and say, that eccentricity of manner would no: justify them in returning a verdict unfavourable to the lady's liberty. Lady Seymour having expressed a desire to speak to the Commissioners, was again brought in, when she asked what time they would fix for her leaving Norman House? Mr. WiNstow—The jury have not considered your case yet, and the Lord Chancellor will fix the time when that shall take place. Lady Seymour—And my boy, I hope you will take care of him. Mr. WINSLOW —The Lord Chancellor will appoint one of your relatives to protect your property, if the jury are of opinion that you will require protection under this Commission, and you will be able to consult with such relative respecting your child. Lady Seymour—Thank you, I am very much obliged to-you. On the the suggestion of Mr. Halswell, the Commissioners ex plained to Lady Seymour that this was only a temporary pro ceeding, and th at if s h e f oun d h erse lf better, supposing the verdict was against her, she could petition the Lord Chan cellor on the subject. Lady Seymour again thanked the Commissioners, and with drew. Mr. RUSSELL then called Mr. Bowley, the resident sur geon at Norman House, who deposed that he had seen Lady Seymour on some occasions quite as cairn and apparently sane as she had just been, and on the following visit had seen her most violent in her manner, and utterly incapable of talking as she had done that day. He was of opinion that she was of unsound mind. The jury now retired to consider their verdict, and, after being absent half an hour, they returned into Court, and Sir James Williams returned a verdict that Lady Seymour seas a lunatic, with lucid intervals. Mr. WINSLOW said that the period of the lucid intervals must be stated in their verdict, and that they must also state whether she is a lunatic or not. Several of the jury said they certainly did believe she was sane during the time she was in the room. The jury again withdrew, and, after consulting together for some time, they returned, and said they could not agree to a verdict without hearing further evidence; and the inquiry, after some desultory remarks, was adjourned, to give time for the production of other witnesses. ORDINATION OF A MISSIONARY.--011 Thurs day evening last, a numerous congregation assembled in the Inde., pendent Chapel, Above Bar, for the purpose of witnessing the ceremony of the ordination of Mr. Pratt, a young man residing in Southampton, who is about to proceed to the Navigators' Islands as a missionary. The Rev. Mr. Nott (the first missionary to the Society Islands), and the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, of the London Missionary Society, with most of the Dissenting Clergy of Southampton and its vicinity, assisted in the ser. vice.—Hampshire Independent. It appears that Lord Ward means to enter upon the sports of the field in the coming season with great spirit. His lord. ship has commenced by taking one of the most celebrated grouse countries in the north, extending over 10,000 acres ; and a retinue of keepers, &c., are now being engaged against the opening campaign,__ Wolverhampton Chronick. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1838. ~/ 1/ ~ / ."/‘' IRELAND. THE SESSION.--The Session is drawing to a close, and yet much remains to be done. However, Government have aban • doned some of their measures, particularly the Irish Registra tion Bill ; we suspect not much to the disappointment of the constituency.—Dublin Evening Post. THE POOR. LAW BILL—IRELAND.—ThisBiII has been read a third time, but not passed. The debate will be taken on the very last question—namely, " That this Bill do pass." It will pass, and with very few important alterations; and it will become the law of the land before a fortnight shall have elapsed. TITHE BILL. --IRELA ND. —Notwithsthnding all we read in the papers—Whig and Tory, to the contrary, we are still of opinion that we shall h a v e a Tith e Bill thi s summer. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL.—We should not be surprised if a strong effort were made in the Lords to modify the principle. If so, this Bill will also become a law. REVENUE OF IRELAND.—It has been often remarked that the quarterly tables afford no means of ascertaining the state of the revenue in Ireland, although the annual finance ac counts, we believe, give the necessary information in regard to the amount of taxes paid in this part of the Empire. We arc happym have it in our power to supply this deficiency in one important branch of taxation, as far as regards the pre sent year. In the Excise revenue for the quarter, ending on the sth April last, as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1837, there was an:increase of 75,000/. ; and in the quarter ending on the sth inst., the increase was nearly to the same amount. BOROUGH OF CLONMEL.—The Attorney-General has ar rived in tckwn, and will forthwith proceed to Clonmel to can vass the electors. His return is certain, and we still continue to think without a contest. We need not say how gladly we shall have to congratulate the Right Hon. Gentleman. THE CONSTABULARY.—Thirty of the county of Galway Constabulary, under the command of Chief Constable Ho bart, arrived in this city on Sunday, and proceeded by a steamer on Monday evening for Belfast, on their way to Port glenone, county of Antrim, to assist in preserving the peace on the 12th July. The party appeared to be in an excellent state of discipline. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY:) DEAL, JULY 11.—Wind W.S.W., fine.—Arrived, and proceeded for the River, the Lord William Bentinck, Doulty, from Sydney; the Ro salind, Fonrose, from Trinidad; the Charlotte, from Quebec; the Geor gians, from Bayonne; the Jane, Willis, from Newcastle; the Medina, from Sunderland; the Bridport, from Newcastle; the Minerva, from Sunderland. Came down from the River, and proceeded, the Jessie Logan, Major, for Quebec; the Hymen, Digby, for New York; the Beau Ideal, Forbes, for Newfoundland. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 11.—Wind W. to W.S. W., fine.—A Transport is in the quarantine ground, supposed to be the Marquis of Huntley, from Quebec. Sailed, the General Evans, for Santander; the Queen Victoria, for Mirarnichi. PLYMOUTH, JULY 10 —Wind W.S.W.—Arrlved off, the Herald, Mullen, from Teneriffe. FALMOUTH, JULY 10.—Wind S. to W.S.W., moderate breezes.— Arrived, the Rocket, Glen, from Miramichi. LIVERPOOL, JULY 11.—Wind S.W., moderate. —Arrived the Rajah, Blues, from Mobile ; Commerce, Read, from Mobile ; Cambria, from Antigua; and Sarah, Leader, from Denmark. Sailed the Cornubia, Powhattan, and Isaac Hicks, for New York; Christiana, for Newfound. land ; and Elizabeth, for St. Petersburgh. DOVER, JULY 11.—Arrived off, the Gustav, Spielker, for Baltimore. Cowes, JULY 11.—Arrived the Fleides, Lowell, from Matanzas. DARTMOUTH, JULY 11.—Arrived the Calypso, Graham, from Quebec. Off' port, the Mevagissey, Arethusa, from Barbadoes. JERSEY, JULY 9.—Arrived the Nelson, Huelin, from Dantzic. BRIDGEWATER, JULY 11.—Arrived the Phoenix, Evans, from Quebec. BRISTOL, JULY 11 —Arrived the Kingston, Key, from Quebec; and William the Fourth, Kiel, from Newfoundland. MILFORD, JULY 11 —Arrived the Fanny Palmer, from Smyrna. LIMERICK, JULY 9.—Arrived the Fortitude, Nicholas, from London ; and Maria, Jones, from Quebec. CLYDE, JULY 9.—Arrived the Hero, Thorn, Arabian, Allan, Canada, Allen, and Indus, Nieal, from Quebec; Mahaica, Jump, and High. lender, M`Kellar, from Demerara; Sir R. Peel, M'Kellar, Barbadoes. DUBLIN, JULY 10 —Arrived the China, Vaughan, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Robert M' William, and Carleton, Anderson, Quebec. CORE, JULY 9.—Arrived the Lively, Conacher, from Barbadoes ; Eliza Ann, Hyde, from Quebec; Earl Grey, Donelly, from Newfound. land. Arrived off, William and Robert, from Puewash. NEWRY, JULY 9. Arrived the Bellona, Mackay, from Quebec. BELFAST, JULY 9.—Arrived the Rosebank, Montgomery, and James Bailey, Oliver, from Quebec. RUTLAND FIRTH, JULY 10.—Arrived the William Dawson, Beve. ridge, from Miramichi ; Lord Mulgrave, from America. HULL, JULY 11.—Arrived Wetton, Reimers, from St. Petersburgh. PrmWASII, JULY 10.—Arrived. the Vestal, from London. Parliamentary Electors in Cities and Boroughs entitled under the Reform Act, will lose their votes for the next year, unless they pay, on or before the 20th of July instant, all the poor's rates , (and window tax, if any) payable from them, in - respect of their premises pre‘iously to the 6th of April last. County voters must send in their ela;ms by the 20th of July instant. Few things have been more honourable to the national character of Englishmen, than the generous enthusiasm which the presence o Marshal Smit has c • ted amo ,1; hem in a)4 ranks alike. ' st that his pr, nee n Fri tt e oli4h Fete at n'l t Beul^ is which we underst i d i s re I ' er d, previous to the vi e . inmen 1 ez lap.- he lest oppor- ' to • of ow ". " ull nou r the union o co summate skil rid courage, wit liberal and philanthropic prin ciples, in one 4 , most gifted of ance's Generals. The Duke of Devonshire exhibited yesterday at the horticol - ural exhibition some pines grown at Chatsworth, weighing qlb and 10th each. When the roar of artillery commenced on Monday morning in Fiyd, Park the Queen at first, in a sportive mood, talsari h.r hands to her ears, as if annoyed by the reports of the guns. As the firing proceeded her Majesty seemed to enk , y the scene mightily, and in the midn of the file firing, which, so far as the harmless con. sumption of gusipowder could make it,was a miniature representation of a " real battle," her Majesty's countenance assumed a high degree of animation, and she repeatedly rose from her seat in the carriage, and expressed her high gratification at what was passing lic!ore her. It was remarked by those who enjoyed the advantage of being near the royal party that our lovely youog Queen never looked more interesting than at that moment.-3lor ning herald. . AVONIAN DROWNED BY TIER HUSBAND.—On Sunday afternoon, an Irishman and his wife were walking along the bmks of the Union Canal, when the man was observed to give his wife several unmerciful blows, and then to thrust her into the water. The alarm was instantly given, and the fellow, after - a most obstinate re- sisthnce, was seized. - A voting lad, a baker, drag3ed the unfortunate woman fron - Alie tater, but the spark of life was extinsisshed. She is reported to have been a pleasant-looking girl, about eighteen years of age, and, what makes her death more to be lamented, she was far ad. vanced m pregnancy. Tier unfeeling husband is now a prisoner in Falkirk steeple.--Stirling Observer. TILE WOMAN OF TIDE WORLD, BY THE DE riENNUM—Corusiclerable talent, acquaintance with, and observation upon, a fashionable class of Society in London and Naples, and lively sketches of char ac t er are the prominent features of this novel; which, like all its " order," gives us plenty of balls, routs, de jettnes, intrigues, and other matters which form the existence of the idle and profligate in the upper circles. the heroine, a heartless plotter with greet talent, a beautfiul term, and a suspected, or rather a stained reputation, is well (trawls; and the hero its not ill painted as her infatuated thrall, flat exceedingly gifted with clairvoyance, ar.d involves in p sinful family cir cumstances, by his passion for the irreshtible enchantress. Lord Per. tumna, an unprincipled politician, arid Minister at Naples, with a set of row attaches ; Lord Colebr oo k e, anot h er worthless nobleman, and a tit father for the Woman of the World ; Mr. and Mrs. Longman Temkin_ son, upstart millionaires; and other foreign, dues 1, sporting, pelt Cal, alst dissipated figures fill up the canvas. The authoress has taken some of her studies, if not all, from the life."—Literary Gazette. A boy of 12 Years of age, named Gustave Adolphe ltass'e, whose extraordinary powers of memory and other faculties have rendered him an otject of great interest in Holland, has just come to this country. In a prospectus we are assured that he will readily answer " any question addressed to bins from a programme containing more than '20,000 facts on subjects the most didicult to be acquired and re. tained by the memory, and which a person with the most retentive me mory and assicl uousapplication cmld not acquire without the aid of the system." M. Bassle, the father, has addressed a letter to us, in which he expresses a wish that the testimony of certain Dutch P apers to the singular acc omp li shments of his son should be laid before the Br i tish public. We happen to have some of the papers to which he refers, but we cannot comply with his request to translate any of the articles in which he very naturally feels so strong an interest. It may, however, be mentioned, that the talents of young Basle were first made known to the public in Holland in a memo. technic soiree given at Amsterdam, on the 26th of January, 1837, by his instructor, M. Albert de Montry, for the benefit of the sufferers by a recent s to rm . Th e boy, then only eleven years old, astonished the audience by the preci s i on with, which he answered a multitude of ques tions in history, geography, chemistry, mythology, grammar, on the calendar, the relati on o f t h e diameter to the circumference, &c. His answers were given i n F rench, German, English, and Dutch. There is a long article in the Ilandelsblad on an exhibition which took Place in April last, the writer of which commences by inquiring whether the boy owes his success to a peculiar endowment, a sort of instinct, or to the system of his tutor, and concludes by attributing. the extraordinary, results to thecornbined operation of both, namely, natural capacity and education. The method, it is said, can be easily explained,— Tinzes. During the violent thunder storm on Friday last, the electric fluid entered the house of a shoemaker, nam e d Bell, at Metheringliam, near this city, bursting all the windows in the eto atoms, forced the chimney down, and struck Bell, and a ac another man named Anson (who also ,happened to be in the house), s enseless on the floor, where they remained in that state until taken up b hours who went into the house after seeing a globe of f ire y d some neigh the premises ; on being taken up, both the men were discovered to be frightfully disfigured. Anson, who is the greatest sufferer bad his hair entirely burnt off the back of his head, and the akin ac_ coin the two, tually flayed off his back. He is now i n a very precarious state _Li n _ Gazette. p We are sorry to learn, that, i n very many r oved almost instances In this and the neighbouring districts, the turnip crop has a total failure. In several cases they have been sown thrice over, and is failed in each time. The failure in the potato crop happily but' of a partial nature, and does not appear to be giving the farmers ranch con. corn.—Paisley Advertiser. Iw o or three Sundays ago there was a li tt l e tumult at Aix.la.Chapelle. During a solemn procession, at which, as there were no soldiers, the burgher guard attended, an English servant remained in the midst of the procession with his hat on when the bene diction was given ; every body else, if not on his knees, having a t l east uncovered his head. After he had been several times requested in English to take off his hat, which he always positively refused, his hat was at length pulled off; when it is probable some blows were given, and he was himself removed by the police. _ _ Yesterday morning the exchange of quarters of the household cavalry took place—viz., the Ist Life Guards, from Windsor to the Regent's park barracks ; the 2d Life Guards, from the Re gent ' s _ park barracks to Knightsbridge; Royal Horse Guards (Blue,) from Knightsbridge to Windsof ; the 20th infantry, from the Tower on route to Weedon ; the Rifle Corps, to the Tower; the 4th and 6th Dragoon Guards, with the 1 0 th Hussars, march from Islin g t on, Chel. sea, and Hounslow, on route to various destinations in the c ountry. MILITIA.—Orders have been issued to those colonels of militia regiments where the adjutancies have become vacant by death or resignation, that the vacancies thus caused are only to be filled up by active and well disciplined officers from the half.pay list, to be approved of by the Commander.in Chief, as sorne very great changes are about to take place in the whole syq, m of this branch „ 1 the s,rvice, so as to make it an efficient force, and render it avaii.,ino and useful to the country. There are at present six of the regiments of Militia without adjutants,— Suffolk Herald, SCULPTURE AND PIGTAIL WYAI"i". TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. r SIR-- Your brief allusion to Mr. Pigtail Wyatt and George 111. on Monday, revived in me the memory of some old re flections, which, as an observer of the Arts, rather than as an amateur or a connoisseur, I hope will find a place in the world wide celebrated Sun. I was many years ago in a picture gal lery of one of the most celebrated Italian families, in which was preserved the portraits of the whole Royal stock ; and I remarked and admired, in common with every body, the ad mirable lesson which such a collection supplied. Between the first founder of the race, distinguished by a head high, wide, and firm, that might have served the Greek sculptors for a model of Jupiter, and the low-browed, goggle-eyed, thick-bearded, flabby-checked, balf-idiot, in which the once noble ra ce was ext i ngu i she d , t h ere was a gra d ua l d ec l en. lion. The cunning, jealous tyrant, the mere soldier, ' whose hot blood boiled with animal anger, and who was the courageous hero of the hour,—and the soft sighing youngling, who preferred poets and women to war and go vernment, and let the reins fall into the hands of those who had boldness and skill to seize them, with almost every variety of character, except the very best, was visible in the portraits of the race which had reigned for centuries. Between the founder however, and him in whom the race was extinguished, there was a gradual, though marked and varied decay. The next heir to the cunning tyrant, who had done something by stratagem and fraud to raise the drooping power of his house, was immersed in sloth, losing both in reputation and territory more than his father had gained ; and he was followed by a more vigorous animal, whose passions made him more the terror of his subjects than of his enemies. Now all these characteristics being designated, and the gradual declension of the Roy a l race b rought v i s ibl y b efore the eye, the art of painting at once told a tale as impressive and as instructive as ever book recorded. But some similar histories are true of all the Royal races of Europe; and the portraits of the Bourbons and the Guelphs teach the same lesson at the gallery of the Medici. Heavens 1 what a contract in form and mind, between the rude image of Henry the Lion, the great man of the Guelphs, and our last King —though he was far from being the worst of his race, either in appearance or in character. What a contrast, too, between Henry the 4th of France, and Lewis the 16th or Lewis the 18th ! But let it not.be said that this deterioration of Royal races arises from the progress of civilization, and that the bodily and mental powers of other stocks fail and decay in the same manner. Sir, I will answer to find many Dandy Dinmonts in every ' county of England, or Scotland, or Ireland at this day—men ef as much thew and muscle—men who stride through their fields two yards at a pace—men as worthy to be immortalized for forin and beauty, in marble or on canvass, as were ever the most athletic or beautiful of the Greeks: Two days ago only I saw a countryman, in blue smock-frock, galloping an old cart horse, without a, saddle, down Parliament street, and there he sat as freely, and looked as nobly, making allowance for his brimmed hat, and hisloose dress, as Marcus Aurelius. Nor are powerful forms to be found only in our fields, along the vvater-side,on 'Change, or bustling through our streets, adapted, indeed, to their business or their cir cumstances—there are as powerful forms and as beautiful and intelligent faces as ever sculptor modelled, or painter drew. Those who blame Mr. Wyatt for not having made George 111. something more of King and less of Tail blame him for not falsifying facts ; but if those critics could have their way—if those writers be just who insist that Art should ennoble every thing it tou c h es — t h e y wou ld ma k e scu l pture an d painting tell nothing but lies, instead of handing down facts to poste rity. To represent the forms and features of George 111. or Louis XVIII. as noble and dignified is to outrage truth, and to fail in conveying to posterity that great historical and moral lesson which is implied in the deterioration of Royal races. If Art must be noble, it must have noble objects to work on. It is now, however, unfortunately the creature and servant of wealth and rank, and the continued enjoyment of both seem inimical—except in the appearance of the females, who, however, want stamina, and in some rare cases—to strength and beauty. How can the soft flabby forms of those who never take one day's vigorous exercise through their whole lives, and whose health is preserved almost as much by the art of the physician and the help of drugs as by the ordinary rules of nature, have a noble appearance, or be free in their movements ? lam not acquainted with Mr. Wyatt, and know little or nothing of his works ; but I should infer favoui ably of the representation he will transmit to posterity of the firm knit, though slight but strong and graceful form cf Welling ton—breathing in every muscle and every feature, a clear, and within its range. a perfect comprehension, united to a strong will—from the complaints which the Times and the Spectator make against his ignoble, unkingly statue of George I I 1.., Your obedient Servant, OBSERVER. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.—YF,STERDA P. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two-yr-old colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fi lies, Bst. 41b. ; last haif of Ab. M. 8 Subs. The winner to be soli for 200 sous. if demanded, &c. Duke of Rutland's I. Prison, by Camel Robinson 1 Duke of Richmond's Felo-de-se Mr. King's Condor The following also started, but were not placed :—General Yates's b. g. Murdock, brother to Ophelia ; Lord Suffield's Alan ; Lord Exeter's f. by Redgauntlet, out of Palias Royal ; Mr. Ed ward's ch. c. Royal James; and Mr. Thornhill's f. by Emilius, out of Benefit's dam. Betting-4 to l agst Alan, 4to I agst Felo-de-se, and 4to 1 agst Condor. Won by a length. Winner claimed. 501. for three-yr•oids, Gat. I Ilb. ; 4 ♦rs, Sst. 21bs. ; five yrs, Bst • . . ; six yrs, and aged, 9st. D. 1. Lord Saillnld's Caravan, 4 yrs Pavia l Mr. Sow erh7's St. Luke, 5 yrs Lord Exeter's Troilus, 4 yrs The following also started, but were not placed:—Mr. Rayne'', Quo Minus, 3 yrs; and -Alr. Pettit's c. by ;...;t. Patrick, out o' Surprise. Betting--6 to Son Caravan, 7to 2 agst St. Luke, and 20 to 11 agst Troilus. Won by six Tenths. (Further particulars of Tuesday's race;.) HANDICAP.—.Peggy made the running, Eel and the others lying • well up with the exceFtion of Hilda, who kept in the rear nearly the whole of the distance. At the corner cf the plantations Eel took the jowl, was challenged at the cords by Hilda, and beaten by a neck after a severe race. JULY STAKES. —The Rowton colt took the lead, followed by Alms, the others lying up in a ruck for rather more than a quarter of a mile. Buhvark then went in front with the Advance colt, and, on reaching the plantations, it was clear that nothing else had a chance. The Advance colt looked well to the cords, where he dropped off, and Bulwark won cleverly by a length. Alacremma was third; Alms, the Mulatto. filly, and Rowton colt followed about a length behind. Although several mentioned in the odds, Bulwark was the only horse tacked for any money. Value of the s:ake, 1,150!. After the race 14 to I was offered apt, Bulwark for th Derby. BETTING IN THE EVENING. LIVER.POOL CU r. 4 to 1 ag,t Lord Eglinton'• St. Bennett—taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Fergusson's Harkaw•ay—taken GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Valentissimo—taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. King's Jack-in-the-Green--taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Walter's King Cole—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Heron—taken THE ST. LEGEM. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Parkins's Lanercost—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's The Hydra—taken The weather is very fine, and the attendance fashionable. AQUATICS. BILITISII YACHT CLUB SAILING MATCH.—The very handsome silver cup voted by the members of this club, in honour of her Ma jesty's Coronotion, was sailed for yesterday above bridge, and afforded considerable sport. It was the second match of this de scription above, and from the known qualities of the contending yachts the attendance was very excellent. The Commodore, at half-past three, took his station in the starting galley, and the fol lowing boats were then placed in position : Tons. Owners. Colour. Vestris 8 J. Weston. Esq Red with Yellow Cross. Ripple 9 B. Holt, Esq Blue with White Diamond. 0ber0n.....6 D. Davidson, Esq Scarlet with White Cross. Piper.. ...... 6A. Robinson, Esq White with Black Leg. The distance was as usual from Temple-gardens to Wandsworth Meadows and back. The wind was W.S. W., and vas a good wholesale breeze, occasionally freshening so as to lay the yachts when they caught it towards the beam. They all canted at the same moment, but the Vestris was first under way. The Ripple was second, and the Oberon third. There was no change all the way up, although there was an ample opportunity in the going about of exhibiting the weatherly powers of the yachts. The Ripple stretched her boards longer than her adversary in going up Thames Bank, and gained a trifle on her adversary ; but the other winded well in the reach, and shot right away from her. At five o'clock the Vestris first rounded at Wandsworth, and was followed in two minutes and a half by the Ripple. The Oberon came round third in about the same time afterwards. The boats turned into the slack, the tide not having made, and the Ripple was decidedly the best at running. She gained considerably upon the leading boat, and was not a dozen lengths astern of her, both going before the wind, when she carried away her main-stay, and drove through Battersea -bridge. The Oberon then took the second place, but there was no chance of passing the foremost yacht. The Vestris won by four minutes. She was throughout well managed, but was much released by the Ripple's accident. As high water approached the wind gradually subsided, and there was but a light air down. There was no cause assigned for the absence of the Water Witch. EXTRAORDINARY WALKING.—MoIIoy, of No. 7, Rose-street, Soho-square, has now entered his 6th week, having started M a y 629, to perform the Herculean task of walking one mile and a quar t e r every hour for 1,000 successive hours, being 1,250 miles, with the additional difficulty of abstaining from anything intoxicating in its mature, or, in fact, stronger than tea, coffee, or ginger -beer. It is ru. moored that the Temperance 'Societies will amply reward him in the event of his success, which now is almost certain, and well he deserves all he may get ; he is an upright, clever walker, and steps over the ground, which is none of the best, in gallant style. On Tuesday afternoon, Mol. boy accomplished his arduous undertaking. This feat of pedestrianism exceeds that of Captain Barclay considerably. MARSHAL SOULT.—On Tuesday the Marshal and suite went to the British Museum, where they were received by Sir Henry Ellis and Mr. Children, who conducted them through all parts of the establishment. His Excellency was very much gratified with marbles, but was most struck with the Elgin eve rything , which his goad taste led him fully to appreciate. The only fault we could find was that there was an embarras de rkhesscs. Marshal Soult then went to the Penitentiary, where Mr. Nihill and a number of the Committee at tended him over the wards and explained everything in a most satisfac tory manner. The details were very interesting to the Marshal, as he intends establishing a military prison on a something similar plan at St. Germains near Paris. He was evidently very much pleased, not only with the remarkable cleanliness and the absence of close smell in the prison, but also with the good quality of the provisions and the general arrangements. The Marshal's next visit was to Westminster Abbey, where, in spite of the scaffolding still obstructing the general view, he was enabled to examine and appreciate the beauties of Henry the 7th's Chapel, and the -urin.ities or the various tomb.; in the Abbey. M r . Dal .shy Gore, M.P. for Carunrvoushire, has paired offAvith Mr. Power, 11. P. for Wexford, fur the remainder of the Session, COURT CIRCULA The following notice was issued yesterday fron;;h- e - 12)rd Chamberlain's office:— " Lord Chamberlain's,o6ce, July 11. " Notice is hereby given that her Majesty will hold a levee at St. James's Palace, on Wcdneo4ty'next, the 18th inst., at two o'clock." Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell had audiences yesterday of her Majesty. The Royal dinner party last evening-, included the Mar chioness of Lansdowne, Earl and Countess of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, Lady Mary S‘opford, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and Sir F. Stovin. The band of the rifle brigade attended at the Palace during the evening. Mr. Dighton had the honour of preseyti4Z her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent the drawing,orthe royal banquet on the 9th November, at Guildhall. The Princess Augusta, attended by M;ss Vyse and Sir B. Stephenson, the Duchess of Camtridge, the Princess Augusta, and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Misslr, Baron Knesebeck, and Colonel Cornwall, and his 6 , :rcne Highness the Duke of Saxe Cobourg, went yesterdy to the public breakfast given by the Duke and Duchess of Northum berland, at Sion House. The Duke of Saxe Cobourg returned to the New Palace at half-past seven o'clock. Prince George of Cambridge honoured Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby with his company on Tuesday evening, at their residence in Piccadilly. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to do Mr. Gorge Hayter the honpur yesterday to approve his sketcheS for the great picture of the coronation, which were alsosubmitted to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,and the Princess Hohenlohe. The Earl of Zetland and Lord Hill had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday. The Duke of Roxburgh°, Lord Hill, Lord Fitzroy Somer set, and Sir Frederick Adam, hail interviews with Lord Glenel" yesterday at the Colonial-offico. Mr. James Bishop, Secretary of the Metropolitan Associa tion of the New Beer Trade, and a deputation, bad an inter view with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. Mr. Amory and Mr. A'Beekett, from the late Duke of It °ries creditors, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne'and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF NOR THUMBERLAND'S GRAND FETE. AT SION HOUSE. Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland gave a splendid fete at their beautiful villa on the banks of the Thames. It was one of the most disti ngu i s h e d p art i es f or ran k and fashion given since his late Majesty was entertained by the Earl of Mansfield, at Caen Wood. At three o'clock the company began to arrive, and the car riages continued to set down company, without intermission, until after five. A great number of the nobility came in car riages and four, with outriders. The whole of the Foreign Ambassadors Extraordinary came with postillions. The grounds belonging to the above delightful residence are so well known to our fashionable readers that a description would become tedious. We can only say, that they never ap peared to greater advantage than yesterday, for the weather was most propitious. The dejeuner a la fourchette was of a most recherche descrip tion, and consisted of every delicacy procurable, and the choicest wines were in abundance. The plateau was elegant, although, we understand, not the family plate, but supplied by Messrs. Ruudell and Co., of Ludgate-hill. The Company in the meantime promenaded in the par terres and pleasing walks with which these richly-cultivated grounds abound. In a marquee of a large size, placed on the lawn in front of the House, facing the Thames, the fine band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (Blue) played in excellent style selections from Mach Adhel, Les Huguenots, Puritani, Lucia di Lammermoor, &e. At ten o'clock there was a grand display of fireworks on the lawn ; they were particularly admired by the assembled visiters; and were certainly deserving of their praises. Shortly before eleven they ceased. A quadrille band then took the place of that of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, and dancing immediately com menced. Among the company, which must have exceeded 1,500, we noticed— Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, Duke de Nemours, and Prince George of Cambridge. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince Ernest of Hesse Phillipsthal, Prince Christian of Holstein-Glucksburg, Duke of Saxe Cobourg, Duke of Nassau, the Hereditary Prince and Prince Maurice of Nassau. Their Excellencies Princes Schwarzenberg (Ambassador Extraordinary from' Austria), Count Strogonoff (Ambassador Extraordinary from Russia), Duke de Palmella (Ambassador Extraordinary from Portugal), Baron de Capellen (Ambas sador Extraordinary from the Netherlands), Marshal Soult, Duke de Dalmatia (Ambassador I , l;xtraordinary from France), Prince Putbus (Ambassador Extraordinary from Prussia), Count Alten (Ambassador Extraordinary from Hanover), Count Gustave de Lowenbeihn ( Ambassador Extraordinary from Sweden), the Marquis de Brignote ( Ambassador Extra ordinary from Sardinia), Marquis de Mirsflores ( Ambassador Extraordinary from Spain): Attaches to the foreign Em baslies Extraordinary—Duke: de Vicence, Prince de Fursten burg. Count ilentiock, Count Erdody, Viscount de I'Almeria, Count Kinsky, Count Alexis Strogonoff, Prince Michael Koutscherby, Baron Rosen, Baron Orupteda, Count de la Cimera, Count de Tournon, Count de Champlatreux, .:filar. quis Bassa,ne, Marquis Durazzo, Baron de Tuyll, Marquis de Mornay, Baron Reafrow, Count Berr.stoi Count de Hertz feldt, Sze. The Russian and Turkish Ambassadors, Count Ludolf, Count Sehastiani, Count Zichy Ferraris, Count Flahaut, Baron Bulow, M. Dodo], Baron Gersdorff, Baro❑ Bourquency, Baron Werther, Count Esterhazy, &c. PRINCES—SouIzo, Joseph Poniatowsky, Esterhazy, Paul Lieven, Nicholas Ester l nazy, Alfred of Windesch.Gratz, Furstenberg. PRlNCESSES—Swarzenberg, Soutzo. / DUKES—Wellington, Sutherland, Buceleuch, Roxburgh?, Somerset, Newcastle, Hamilton, Richmond, d'Osuna, de Vi cone, Rutland. DUCIIESSES—Dowager Richmond. Buccicuch, Hamilton, Roxbuighe, Somerset, Richmond, Sutherland, Bedford, de Palmello. MARQUISES— Dalmatia, Salisbury, d'Eyragues, Beranger, Douglas, Granby, Downshire, Hertford, Breadalbane, Nor manby, Londonderry, Huntly, de Mornay. MARCHIONESSES—SaIisbury, Londonderry, Breadalbane, Normanbv, de Brignole. EArma--Harewood, Mount Edgeeumbe, Jersey, Chester field, Jermyn, Mansfield, De Grey, Craven, Stanhope, Breck nock, Brownlow, Liverpool, Sheffield, Delawarr, Wilton, Ux bridge, Wicklow, Pembroke. COUNTESSES —llarenood, Surrey, De Grey, Strogonolf, Seba!tiani, Ludolf, Flahaut, Craven, Jermyn, Mansfield , Pow lett, Zavadow , eki, Bath vany, Stanhope, Sheffield, Brow•nlow, Carlisle, Wilton, Uxbridge, Wicklow, Verulam, Delawarr, Zieby, Ferraris, Greppi, Dowager Craven, Mexborough, Brecknock, Pembroke. ViscouNTs—Canning, Povverscourt, Loftus, Ingcstrie, Grimston, Villiers, Eastnor, Contilupe, Leveson, Jocelyn, Hotvick, Maidstone, Beresford, Dungannon, Sydney, Clive, St. Vincent. VISCO UNTESSES-Powerscourt, S. Ingestrie, Eastnor, Can ning, Bcringdon, Howick, Beresford, Dungannon, Sydney. LOltDS—Lyndhurst, Bureiersh, Mahon, Duncan, Ward, Hill, Francis Gordon, Ossulsten, G. Loftus, Wharnclitre, Re desdale, Alfred Paget, Stuart de gothesay, Fitzroy Somerset, Eliot, Foley, Co, ley,Maryborough, Paget, Talbot, Belhaven, De Lisle, Comberrnere, Fitzgerald, Holland, Granville So merset, Francis Egerton, Macdonald, Corry, Colchester, Alfred Byron, Hawarden, Hathcrton, Heytesbury, Forester. LADIES—CowIey, Peel. Bagot, Lyndhurst, F. Gordon, Duff Gordon, Willoughby d'Eresby, Wharncliffe, Adeliza Manners, Williams, Mahon, Barglicrsh, Stuart de Rothesay, Foley, Frances Egerton, Belhaven, Holland, Augusta Somer set, Georgiana Codrington, Eliot, Lucy Clive, Harriet Clive, Caroline Campbell, Sophia Lennox, iMary Grimston, Jane Bouverie, Foley, Corry, Colchester, Ashburton, E. Drum mond, A. Cust, G. Grey, Charteris, Geor g iana Campb e ll, Georgiana Lennox, A nn I3 ec k ett , Cottenham, L. Fitz maurice, Louisa Jenkinson, S. Canning, Heytesbury, Hath erton,:Hawarden, Howard (2), Wilhelmina Stanhope, Shel ley, Antrobus, Elizabeth West, Mary Paget, E. Paget, Ade laide Paget, Norreys, Mary borough, Harriet Baring, Louisa . . D'Orsay, Fuller, Jane Walsh, A. M. Donkin. HONOURABLRS-Cecil Forester, Augustus Villiers, Miss Wellesley, Miss Maude, Miss Copley, Miss Cocks, Miss Stuart de Rothesay, Col. Dawson Darner, Mr. Macdonald, Capt. Grey, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Baring, Miss A'Court, Miss Ly ttel ton, Miss Foley. Sias—Edw. Cost, Stratford Canning, Frederick Trench, F. Burdett, John Shelley, Robert Gordon, Charles Bagot, John Beckett, R. Donkin, John Walsh. The Duke of Wellington has issued cards for a grand dinner party on the 2 8th instant, at Apsley House. The Duke de Pahnella will give a grand party on the 16th instant, in Arlington street. The Duke of. Devonshire arrived in town yesterday, from Brighton. • The Marquis and Marchioness of A bercorn arrived in town yesterday, after a long sojourn on the Continent. Her Lady. ship officiated last night as one of the Ladies Patronesses pf Almack's. The Earl and Countess of Burlington leave town immediately on a continental tour of six months. • The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland intend leaving own very shortly on a continental tour. The Count and Countess. Maltzan have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jerrnyn„street, for the Continent. Their Excellen cies and suite embarked on board the liatavier on Sunday last. Previous to their departure they were visited by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and other distinguished personages. His Grace the Duke of Leeds died at an early hour yesterday morning, after a short Illness. The Marquis of. Carmarthen, now Duke of Leeds, attended his noble father during his last moments, By the decease of his Grace a Blue Riband and a Lord Lieutenancy will be at the disposal of Ministers, We understand the smoke-burner of Chanter and Co., fixed on St. Ann's Wharf, Earl.street, Blackfriars, will again be in operation on Friday the 13th, to be then e • hied by a Committee of Engineers and practical men, prvarato to a report being made to Parliament of its applicability to all nufacturing purpose; as well as for steamboats and locomotive pow r, and of the probab!e economy of coals, arising from the complete consumption of smoke. SHOCKING, ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, Mr. "An at,tl manager of the Weztern Circuit, we t un tely kEle:i on the.tag, at the Ho z', whilst acting, from the ace_ dental discharge of a gun, the muzzle of which was close to his body,— Ilerqford Journal. Westley, the cow Due Arrived --- Due Arrived. Due. 0 II France .... ...... 0 I 0 loboti (1 ~...... (1 1 (:uern &Jersey 0 I 0 Malta .tyres., 0 0 Harukurfr era., .. 0 0 Iton.u•cf ...... 0 0 :arflaiVi .- ...... . 0 i 0 Sweden 0 ..... 0 0 e ettuard Wands 0 ' 0 Waterford . MAILS Arrival, o I) h 1 FliUll ‘VATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning..,..,... 10 minutes after 6 I Evening 35 minutes after 6 THE WEEKLY TRUE SUN NEWS PAPER, a large qaarto paper of 40 columns, price bd., continues to republish Advertisements FOR NEXT OF Ml\ AND HEIRS AT LAW, which have appeared during the lest thirty years. More have just been obtained, and upwards of ONE THOUSAND will appear in successive weeks. Early orders should be given, as the back Numbers cannot always be obtained. Office, :366, Strand. NOTICE is hereby given to the HOLDERS of SPECIAL BONDS of the DANISH THREE: PER CENT LOAN, negotiated with Messrs. 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We are glad to ace the Post, by denying the right o Parliament to " interfere, in the first instance, to correct university abuses," provoking a public discussion on the subject. For our parts we maintain, as the State annually makes certain grants to the universities—as it confers on them the privilege of exacting copies of all hooka which are published= as it bestows on them a large portion of that tax it levies on the whole community under the name of tithes, and enhances their revenue by the corn-laws-T—as it grants to them much politic i al power not possessed by any other bodies in the State, each of them, for example, having two votes in the House of Commons, while most of the mem bers of the universities have votes for representatives in some other capacity—and as it bestows on them a consider able number of privileges, such as that of printing certain books, and of giving certificates of study which forward men in the learned professions, giving to the persons educated at them the whole monopoly of Church preferments—on all these accounts we maintain that the State which bestows every one of these powers, privileges, and revchues on the Uni versities, has not only a right to interfere, but is bound at every moment to interfere, and see that the power it dele gates is not abused, and to be at every moment convinced that delegating it is of great advantage to the public. The State exercises its Corporate power through the two Houses of Parliament, and every Member of them is au thorised and required to pry into and investigate every off set and shoot of that power. Trade, agriculture, the press, &c., grow up in society independent of the State, and in many instances in defiance of its regulations ; the univer sities, like the army and navy, and the established Church, are the creatures of its will, the offspring of its enactments, and the Parliament is bound to take care that they answer the purposes for which they are instituted. Honour therefore say we to Lord RADNOR, and let all the libera7s in the empire echo the sentiment and back his exertions, since the Tories huff him and sneer at him for honestly attempting to perform his duty of ascertaining whether the universities are beneficial or injurious. We hear a great deal about the education of the lower classes, but as far as the public is concerned they are much more deeply interested in the education of the upper than in that of the loner classes. If a ploughman turns his furrow well—if a carpenter make his mortices strongly and neatly—if a smith weld two pieces .of iron on which other men trust their lives firmly—if the captain of a steam-boat conduct her in safety to her destination, it is nearly all the public have to look for from them, and the influence of all the classes of workmen, of whom we have selected these as representatives over the public welfare, is then at an end. They have done their duty. But it is not so with the upper classes. When the Peer has let his lands mast to his own advantage, and provided in the best possible manner for the order and dignity of his house' hold, so as to spend his income in the best manner, his in fluence over the public welfare does not stop. Ho is about the four hundredth part of one branch of the Legislature, and has a potential voice in making laws for the whole. Hi s example, his mode of living, his moral character, his ways of thinking and of acting, have all a wide influence over the public happiness, and consequently the public have an infinite greater interest in the education of the up per than in that of the lower classes. The State then is bound to look far closer after the universities than the schools : and we will own that it does astonish us that all the intelligent, commercial, manufacturi ng , an d agr i cultural classes of this mighty empire, whose welfare is intimately bound up with legislation, should so long have looked with indifference, with apathy, or even with approbation, on the circumstance that the education of nearly all the law-making classes should be placed—a n d so p l ace d b y t h e act of the State—com pletely and exclusively under the controul of one order of selfish men, who have always promoted their own inte rest at the expense of the general welfare. The interests of all the industrious classes requires that old regulations should be gradually improved ; that nevi regulations should be adapted to the several parts of society as it grows and expands, and that legislation should as much as possible provide for the future, since over the past it has no particle of power. But the interests and the duty of that class of men to whom the State entrusts the education of the ruling classes, are to hold by the past—to prefer ancient traditions to m o dern science—to make a barrier against progress out of old facts and old tales—to deny all truth that is contrary to their exclusive creeds —and to impress the past on the mind as of infirlits-,‘ importance comnared to the present and the rn,.! and their duty are directly n , t' the nt - neipis wldeh ought to he the guides of the Legislator, and tii it iailuence over the mind. of 1130 ruling classes would be most pernicious, were it not cow faturp p . arsuits rarian , 22 `~